[laughter] [cheering and applause] >> i hope some >> stephen: you're big in asia, right? the asian, and i believe that's the correct term, i don't know what the p.c. term is now, asians, chinese are just gobbling up this book. is the book the same for asians or are there different questions of what is just or unjust in those societies? >> well, the book is the same except that it's in chinese there, but the issue... >> stephen: that's good marketing. [laughter] >> but i've been astonished by the reaction in east asia generally new york china and japan and korea. i think it's because there is a great hunger for engagement with big ethical questions, questions of political philosophy. >> stephen: let's talk about these ethical questions. you pose very hard ethical questions to your students, questions like cannibalism. how do you pose that question? >> well, if you were stuck in a lifeboat, and this is a true story, stuck in a lifeboat, four sailors, they're starving, days and days pass and the cabin boy is at the bottom of the lifeboat ill. the only way they feel they can